Related Articles

"Education has been state government (run) and then suddenly to be demoted to the status of approved provider, I mean, there was never any agreements between the states and the Commonwealth over that," he told ABC radio.

The Premier said the "intrusive" plan would mean states needing federal approval when they wanted to open or close a school to create efficiencies.

"It is essentially the federal government taking over all policy and decision-making in education.

"And I've got to say I've had a couple of principals from independent schools come to me and say `we don't like this at all. It's not good for our school', so I think there's a bit more work to be done."